Alessandro Manzoni: Milanese d'Europa - L'immagine della parola Filming Locations
Alessandro Manzoni: Milanese d'Europa - L'immagine della parola Filming Locations
Milan, a metropolis in Italy's northern Lombardy region, is a global capital of fashion and design. Home to the national stock exchange, it’s a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops. The Gothic Duomo di Milano cathedral and the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci’s mural “The Last Supper,” testify to centuries of art and culture.
Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
Alessandro Manzoni: Milanese d'Europa - L'immagine della parola (2016)
This documentary about Alessandro Manzoni means to show to the public each aspect of the writer's life and works. Starting from his house, it shows all the places where Manzoni had lived. Everybody already knows them in a certain way, because those images, those cities, were fictionally recreated by the author in his poems. Through many different interviews, comments and readings, this documentary gives the opportunity to learn more about the importance of Alessandro Manzoni in the history of Italian literature as well as in the Italian language.
